Tip leads to suspect in store theft

DELAND -- DeLand police investigating a break-in at a convenience store found the suspect with all the merchandise, a police official said Wednesday.

Herbert Anderson, 25, of DeLand was arrested and charged with burglary and grand theft after an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers led police to his apartment, said DeLand police Deputy Chief Randel Henderson.

Police found a trunk in Anderson's apartment stuffed with cigarettes, cigars and other smoking paraphernalia with an estimated value of $1,500. Anderson is suspected of stealing the merchandise from the Citro convenience store at 301 S. Woodland Blvd., Henderson said.

The burglary occurred on Monday and a passerby saw the smashed window of the store and called police to report it at 3:45 a.m., police said.

The surveillance tapes were stolen from the store. Some shirts were also found outside the store, which Anderson may have used to smash the window without cutting his hands, Henderson said.

He was being held Wednesday night at the Volusia County Branch Jail, with bail set at $5,000, a booking officer said.

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